About IYPS

The International Young Professional Summit(IYPS) aims to bring together young professionals for networking, capacity building and information sharing around our core theme of �How young professionals can help to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals ". Specific topics will include:

Governance, economy and education
Women and gender equality
Healthcare and HIV / AIDS
Environmental sustainability

About IYPF

IYPF hosts the International Young Professionals Summit. The International Young Professionals Foundation (IYPF) is a not-for-profit organisation focused on enabling young professionals to make a positive difference in the world. The IYPF connects members from over 100 different countries.

IYPF specifically believes that the greatest impact can by made by achieving the Millenium Development Goals.

Publications

See below for publications related to IYPS.

IYPS 2008

None as yet

IYPS 2004

Focus On Fresh Water
Laiden G. Pedri�a, Philippines

Focus On Sustainability
Laiden G. Pedri�a, Philippines

Sustainable Summit
Alan Wu, Australia

Other

Youth and the Millennium Development Goals
In April 2004, the IYPF became involved in a working group to produce a report on Youth and the Millennium Development Goals. This report has been titled 'Youth and the Millennium Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation' and has been written for two reasons:

Because the MDGs will not be achieved without increasing human capacity for development. Youth are a 1.2 billion+ person untapped resource for poverty reduction.
After Jeffery Sachs reported on the progress of the Millennium Development Goals at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development in 2004, the chair of the Youth Caucus asked him how he was going to involve youth as partners. He replied, "You tell us."

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